Pass the rose-tinted glasses please. A utilities conference took a more philosophical route recently when the chief executive of one of the UK’s largest energy suppliers took a stand against modern consumerism.

“We all have too much stuff, it gets in the way of enjoying life,” Ian Marchant, Chief Executive of Scottish & Southern Energy told the Future of Utilities conference in London.

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"Based in Frankfurt, covering German companies in the retail, travel and leisure sectors. In my previous Reuters incarnation in London, I focused on green tech firms, utilities and an array of smallcaps that came my way on the Breaking News team. I started my career as a translator with the Financial Times in London before switching into journalism."